SB2025012855 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for git-lfs

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SB2025012855 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for git-lfs

Published: January 28, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025012855
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53263)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of CR/LF characters in URLs. When Git LFS requests credentials from Git for a remote host, it passes portions of the host's URL to the git-credential(1) command without checking for embedded line-ending control characters, and then sends any credentials it receives back from the Git credential helper to the remote host A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL to the application and obtain credentials.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References